Man in Hanover group home threatened to burn down house, kill someone.

A 22-year-old Hanover Township man tried to burn down a group home in the township shortly after 8 p.m. Wednesday, Colonial Regional police said.

Jarrid M. Keller of 5010 Bath Pike is charged with two counts of arson, one count of risking a catastrophe and one count of criminal mischief.

According to police, Keller lit curtains, a billboard and a pillow on fire in the group home where he lived in an attempt to burn it down.

Police said they were called to the home about 8:10 p.m. and found two staff members and Keller standing outside the burning building. Witnesses told police Keller yelled to others inside the building that he was going to burn it down and kill someone.

The staff said Keller had recently been at a hospital and had been acting strangely since his return.

Keller told police he wanted to leave the group home and didn't want to go back to the hospital, so he "decided to go to jail," according to court records.

He was arraigned overnight and sent to Northampton County Prison under $50,000 bail.

In December Keller pleaded guilty to a harassment charge stemming from an incident last summer. Court records online to not show his sentence in that case. He also was charged with harassment twice in March.

Records indicate the group home is run by the state Department of Health.